A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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